English-Thai Dictionary

adjutant

N ผู้ช่วย  phu-chuai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADJUTANT

n.[L. adjutans, aiding; from adjuto, to assist; of ad and juvo, jutum, to help. ] In military affairs, an officer whose business is to assist the Major by receiving and communicating order. Each battalion of foot, and each regiment of horse has an adjutant, who receives orders from the adjutant, who receives orders from the Brigade Major, to communicate to the Colonel, and to subalterns. He places guards, receives and distributes ammunition, assigns places of rendezvous, etc.
Adjutant-General, in an army, is the chief adjutant.
Adjutants General, among the Jesuits, were a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. Their business was to correspond with that province, by their delegates, emissaries or visitors, and give information of occurrences to the father general.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADJUTANT

Ad "ju *tant, n. Etym: [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid. ]

 

1. A helper; an assistant.

 

2. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a ) (Mil. ), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b ) (Among the Jesuits ), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala ), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adjutant

ad ju tant |ˈajətənt ˈæʤətnt | ▶noun 1 a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer. • a person's assistant or deputy. 2 (also adjutant stork or adjutant bird ) a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and Southeast Asia. [Genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae: two species. ] DERIVATIVES ad ju tan cy noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘assistant, helper ’): from Latin adjutant- ‘being of service to, ’ from adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare ‘assist ’ (see adjuvant ).

 

adjutant general

ad ju tant gen er al ▶noun ( pl. adjutants general ) the adjutant of a unit having a general staff. • (the Adjutant General ) (in the US Army ) the chief administrative officer. • the senior officer in the National Guard of a US state.

 

Oxford Dictionary

adjutant

adjutant |ˈadʒʊt (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer. • a person's assistant or deputy: Hoare was his adjutant in all the talks with the government. 2 (also adjutant stork or adjutant bird ) a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and SE Asia. ●Genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae: two species. DERIVATIVES adjutancy noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘assistant, helper ’): from Latin adjutant- ‘being of service to ’, from adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare ‘assist ’ (see adjuvant ).

 

adjutant general

Ad ¦ju |tant Gen |eral ▶noun ( pl. adjutants general ) (in the British army ) a high-ranking administrative officer. • (in the US army ) the chief administrative officer.

 

Duden Dictionary

Adjutant

Ad ju tant Substantiv, maskulin , der |Adjut a nt |der Adjutant; Genitiv: des Adjutanten, Plural: die Adjutanten spanisch ayudante, substantiviertes 1. Partizip von: ayudar = helfen < lateinisch adiutare, zu: adiuvare = helfen 1 Militär dem Kommandeur einer militärischen Einheit zur Unterstützung beigegebener Offizier 2 salopp Helfer, Unterstützer, Gehilfe

 

Adjutantin

Ad ju tan tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Adjut a ntin |die Adjutantin; Genitiv: der Adjutantin, Plural: die Adjutantinnen weibliche Form zu Adjutant

 

Adjutantur

Ad ju tan tur Substantiv, feminin Militär , die |Adjutant u r |Dienststelle eines Adjutanten 1

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adjutant

ad ju tant /ǽdʒʊt (ə )nt /名詞 C 1 〖しばしばA -〗〘軍 〙副官 ; ｟英 ｠総務幕僚 .2 助手, 補佐 (assistant ).3 〘鳥 〙ハゲコウ (adjutant stork [bird ]).